Happy Friday. It’s Father’s Day weekend. Although it has been 20 years (yes, twenty!! It is hard to imagine) since I last saw my dad on this earth, I tend to get nostalgic – if not a bit emotional – on special weekends last these. I am so grateful for the relationship that I enjoyed… Read More Father’s Day 2020
Summer:) There may be a few more days until it is official (on the calendar) and our temperatures lately have been rather spring-like, but in the yard (and in my mind!), it is summer. Everything is blooming and oh so pretty! Well,I am still waiting for the crape myrtle to really show off all her beauty,… Read More Lessons from the Hydrangea
The “how” questions of life. Like their sinister twin, the “why” question, the questions of “how” rarely have easy answers and can leave us feeling overwhelmed and discouraged. Too often, they immobilize us with fear and even hopelessness. How will I handle it all? How did I get here? How did it get like this?… Read More How Beautiful Are Their Feet
Summer has arrived in Virginia. It actually seems to have settled in….and I say, “Welcome. Please, stay awhile!” I enjoy summer. And while this one will, no doubt, be different in many ways, there is much to anticipate, enjoy and savor about summer. This post is a few of my favorite things about summer. Five… Read More Some Things About Summer
Welcome June! I must admit, I was more than a little excited to turn the calendar page for June. May was not my best month. It was long…and draining. In all ways. A new month – which began on Monday (my favorite) and new week…bonus! – was a breath of fresh air and renewed hope… Read More Currently: June 2020
Born. Ever since reading today’s prompt – born – one of my favorite songs has been on repeat in my head. Born to Die Upon Calvary. I’ve shared this song more than once on my blog but I’m always happy to share it again. (just one verse and chorus but hum along….) Jesus knew when… Read More The Same Purpose
Time for another Share Four Somethings – which means another month is drawing to an end. That seems odd to me. In many ways, May has been very uneventful and the days have felt as if they were in slow motion. But it also seems like just two days ago, I was writing this post… Read More Share Four Somethings: May 2020
Just a few weeks ago (or has it already been months!), we were all eagerly seeking for truth. We were drowning in facts, reports, opinions, and predictions. Trying to sift through it all in order to find what seemed logical or perhaps the truth quickly became an overwhelming process. But, somehow, that seems to have… Read More Three Ways to Be a Better Encourager
On Tuesday, I mentioned that our state was going to begin reopening today. I not only wondered what all that might entail but reflected on how quickly “the winds” change. Not ten minutes after I published that post, my husband called to say that even the reopening news had changed. The state would begin its… Read More A Few Things to Continue after Quarantine
The winds are changing. Shifting. And so are opinions – which is not new. Opinions. Attitudes. What is socially acceptable – and what is not. It all seems to change regularly. Perhaps it is living here in the backyard of our nation’s capital, but the “winds” never seem to calm. Opinions are regularly expressed, are… Read More Rest If You Must…but Don’t Quit
